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BEVERLY EAVES PERDUE
GOVERNOR _
FOOD ALLERGY AWARENESS WEEK
2009
BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
A PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, according to the The Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis etwork and the 2006 US Census Bureau
population estimates, there are more than 350,000 No1ih Carolina residents with food allergies, and more than
60,000 NC school-aged children (ages 5 to 17) with food allergies; and
WHEREAS, according to the ational Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, food allergy occurs in 6
to 8 percent of children under the age of 4, as well as 4 percent of adults; and
WHEREAS, according to the Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis etwork, food allergy reactions cause 30,000
visits to the emergency room and 150 deaths each year; and
WHEREAS, food allergy deaths are caused by individuals eating a food containing an ingredient to which
they are allergic; and
WHEREAS, children are the largest group affected by food allergies; and
WHEREAS, researchers estimate that approximately 12 million Americans have food allergies; and
WHEREAS, symptoms can include hives, vomiting, dianhea, respiratory distress, and swelling of the
throat; and
WHEREAS, according to the Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network, eight foods cause 90% of all food
allergy reactions: shellfish, fish , milk, eggs, tree nuts, peanuts, soy, and wheat; and
WHEREAS, there is no cure for potentially fatal food allergies; and
WHEREAS, strict avoidance of the offending food is the only way to prevent a reaction; and
WHEREAS, anaphylaxis is a sudden, severe allergic reaction affecting major organs in the body
simultaneously; and '
WHEREAS, in severely allergic individ~als, anaphylaxis can cause death in a matter of minutes; and
WHEREAS, eating in restaurants and at schools are the situations posing the highest risk for people with
food allergies;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, BEVERL Y.EAVES PERDUE, Governor of the State ofNorth Carolina, do hereby
proclaim May I 0-16, 2009, as "FOOD ALLERGY AWARENESS WEEK" in North Carolina, and I commend
this observance
BEVERLY EA YES PERDUE
F, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Great Seal of the State of North
Carolina at the Capitol in Raleigh this second day ofMay in the year of our Lord two thousand and nine, and ofthe
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-third.

BEVERLY EAVES PERDUE
GOVERNOR _
FOOD ALLERGY AWARENESS WEEK
2009
BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
A PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, according to the The Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis etwork and the 2006 US Census Bureau
population estimates, there are more than 350,000 No1ih Carolina residents with food allergies, and more than
60,000 NC school-aged children (ages 5 to 17) with food allergies; and
WHEREAS, according to the ational Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, food allergy occurs in 6
to 8 percent of children under the age of 4, as well as 4 percent of adults; and
WHEREAS, according to the Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis etwork, food allergy reactions cause 30,000
visits to the emergency room and 150 deaths each year; and
WHEREAS, food allergy deaths are caused by individuals eating a food containing an ingredient to which
they are allergic; and
WHEREAS, children are the largest group affected by food allergies; and
WHEREAS, researchers estimate that approximately 12 million Americans have food allergies; and
WHEREAS, symptoms can include hives, vomiting, dianhea, respiratory distress, and swelling of the
throat; and
WHEREAS, according to the Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network, eight foods cause 90% of all food
allergy reactions: shellfish, fish , milk, eggs, tree nuts, peanuts, soy, and wheat; and
WHEREAS, there is no cure for potentially fatal food allergies; and
WHEREAS, strict avoidance of the offending food is the only way to prevent a reaction; and
WHEREAS, anaphylaxis is a sudden, severe allergic reaction affecting major organs in the body
simultaneously; and '
WHEREAS, in severely allergic individ~als, anaphylaxis can cause death in a matter of minutes; and
WHEREAS, eating in restaurants and at schools are the situations posing the highest risk for people with
food allergies;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, BEVERL Y.EAVES PERDUE, Governor of the State ofNorth Carolina, do hereby
proclaim May I 0-16, 2009, as "FOOD ALLERGY AWARENESS WEEK" in North Carolina, and I commend
this observance
BEVERLY EA YES PERDUE
F, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Great Seal of the State of North
Carolina at the Capitol in Raleigh this second day ofMay in the year of our Lord two thousand and nine, and ofthe
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-third.